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Wise Birth Radio

by Maible Coughlin

Welcome to the Wise Birth Radio. We are women, students, and mamas who are studying and exploring healthy pregnancies, empowered birth, nurtured postpartum times and natural parenting from a holistic, intuitive, and grounded experience. We share our knowledge and experience and hope it inspires you to take charge of your childbearing year for yourself and you family. Find more about us, our work, and our courses and workshops at nurturedgrove.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. #42 Enter the Void to Receive

    Honestly, this is the kind of episode you can't write a description for. Our beautiful friend Ixchel Prisma talked with us today about the depths and beauty of her second trimester loss with her spirit baby, River Nova. This story goes back at least a decade to her initial connection with a baby...

  2. #41 Dad Staying Home is Not a Postpartum Plan

    When asked about their postpartum plan, so many women say "Well, my husband is taking 3 weeks off work...". While thats great (although we'd be more into all fathers being given paid paternity leave for at least a month), that alone should not be your postpartum support in an ideal situation. We...

  3. #40 Boundary Medicine, Body Image, + Big Kids

    Postpartum care provider and educator, mother to 4, this postpartum was probably perfect, right? Beautifully, postpartum is an ever deepening, ever challenging, ever incredible spiral into yourself. With the opportunity for new lessons, new messages, and new challenges each time. Sara and I had a...

  4. #39 My Bleeding Time Agreements with Myself

    Agreements: - I am not obligated to do dishes - I will avoid lifting heavy things - I will be mindful of eye contact, and utilize tools of energetic protection - I will avoid heated discussion - most things that I think NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT RIGHT NOW actually don't... - I give myself full...

  5. #38 Sound, Music + Frequency as Healing in Pregnancy and Birth. And Life - with Adrian DiMatteo

    What if SOUND HEALING (insert feathers and crystal bowls here) didn't have to be a big complicated thing, but was actually woven into your every day life? What if you could be constantly working with frequency and vibration as tools for health and balancing in your body, mind, and spirit? Oh…

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  6. #37 Why I am NOT a Birth Doula (even though it seems like everyone else is)

    With all of the birthy support roles I am currently holding, it may be a surprise that I am not, and have no intention of being a birth doula. But once, long long ago (or at least that's how it feels!), I was! I thought that being a birth doula was path through which I wanted to serve women... at...

  7. #36 Crossing the Threshold - Ashke and Ian's Beautiful Home Birth Story

    Out lovely friends Ashke and Ian join us today from the end of their sacred window to tell us the story of their son, Cedar's birth. It is such a joy to hear their story of conscious conception, Ashke's new adventure into studying birth education with Birthing From Within, how Ian's relationship...

  8. # 35 Plant Empowered Woman with Aiste Maria Gazdar

    Aiste Gazdar (and her husband Joel) are wellbeing pioneers, community magnetizers, conscious entrepreneurs and full spectrum alchemists leading a movement of transforming humanity’s relationship with nature, food, and ultimately, themselves. They are authors of the innovative plant based and...

  9. #34 Time is Fake. Cycles and Rhythms in the Childbearing Year

    We live in such a time based culture. We need numbers to validate everything. We need to "know" when babies are going to be born, when they need to nap, when we are allowed to eat our next meal. But what if this is all fake? Can we throw away the clock and just listen to the flow of our bodies?...

  10. #33 Circadian Rhythms in the Childbearing Year with Nikko Kennedy

    Nikko Kennedy is a perinatal quantum biology practitioner and certified labor and postpartum doula. She has a B.S. in Biopsychology from the University of Oregon and is the creator of Brighter Days, Darker Nights, a Substack publication dedicated to promoting circadian rhythmicity and quantum...

  11. #32 Why I Want a Midwife (at my next birth)

    We've talked a lot about how modern midwifery fall short of truly supporting the physiology of birth, and honoring the sacred aspect. You can hear my personal experience of this in my birth story (and here's part 2) . It's subtle, but after Olin's birth, I know I want something different next…

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  12. #31 Connecting with the Dark Mother w/ Stacey Ramsower

    We have a lovely guest today, Stacey Ramsower! Through somatics, Ayurveda, and depth psychology, Stacey helps women navigate the shadowlands of Motherhood. In this episode, we explore the archetypes of motherhood, our own personal relation with creating community and connecting with other women,...

  13. #30 Manifesting Your Ideal Postpartum Time

    Learning about what optimal postpartum support looks and feels like can often leave women feeling overwhelmed and like it may be an unreachable goal. We are here today to break it down. We talk about how to logistically craft your plan, the wells of resource you can draw on that you may not have...

  14. #29 Holding the Sacred and the Mundane - Sara’s Fourth Birth Story

    We welcome Sara’s fourth baby, her third son, into the world with the story of his birth. A beautiful simple, yet powerful and profound story. The whole family gathered around to witness the incredible power of their mama in what is both an incredibly powerful and awesome experience and at the…

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  15. #28 Nourishment through a Vegetarian Pregnancy

    We’re diving in today on a subject we've been meaning to cover for quite some time. Join us as we go for a walk and discuss some considerations for a vegetarian pregnancy, and how Sara nourishes herself. We are coming from two different perspectives (I chose not to remain a vegetarian at around 6...

  16. # 27 I Would Choose an Elective Cesarean If...

    Today's intentionally provocatively named solo-cast is about... well, exactly what the title says. I had a small revelation the other day where a series of stories led me to understand the conditions under which just picking a date and having surgery instead of experiencing the mystery of birth…

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  17. #26 Is Birth the Most Painful Thing?

    We've been meaning to record an episode on the topic of pain, sensations, whatever you want to call it in birth for quite a while. That's often one of the first thoughts/fears that someone who has never birthed before has "but what is it going to feel like? How much is it going to hurt? Will I be...

  18. #25 Your Motherhood is for You - Creating Ease and Pleasure in Postpartum and Beyond with Nicole

    Today is a very special episode - I got to sit down and talk with Nicole (@seedofjoy_) about... well, whatever came up! This was such a rich conversation on all the ways she knows this life can be FOR US. We talked about becoming more boundaried as a mother, how to create structure for a deeply...

  19. #24 Connecting with your Innate Mother-Wisdom

    Sara is back today! We wanted to share a bit about this deep mother-wisdom that we see activate in women when they are pregnant and become mothers, and that we ourselves have experienced. You could call it mother's intuition, spidey senses, just deeply knowing and noticing her children, or a...

  20. #23 Sara’s ”Please Do’s” and ”Please Don’ts” for Birth

    Sara put together this list to get clear on her desires, values, and priorities for herself, her partner, and her midwife. Keep in mind that this is very individual, and you will probably want different things. We thought it might be helpful for people to see some things to consider discussing…

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  21. #22 Your Powerful Placenta

    Placentas! I was deep in placenta land after creating this free Powerful Placenta Guide and felt excited to record this episode on placentas. So often not thought about unless there’s a problem. Thrown away without a second thought. “Medically managed” because labor is over at that point so it...

  22. #21 A Visionary Birth Story - Deep Medicine in the Birth of Makoa

    Today’s episode is a special one! Sara and I are back together to interview the lovely Ixchel. We talked with her and her partner during her pregnancy back in episode 4. Now, almost 2 years after their birth, we finally recorded their incredible birth story of their firecracker son, Makoa. This…

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  23. #20 Birth is a (part of but not complete) Rite of Passage

    Did you know that birth is only one of the three parts that make up the rite of passage that is the childbearing year? When in first heard this concept spoken by Kimberly Ann Johnson in MotherCircle, I deeply knew this to be true even though I’d never heard it before. First articulated by...

  24. #19 A Who’s Who of Birth Workers

    Demystifying the nomenclature of the birth world! What is a midwife vs a doula vs a birthkeeper? Starting with obstetricians, we work our way through the “food chain” of people who attend birth; what their roles and responsibilities are; what they fundamental beliefs MAY be; and how they might...

  25. #18 Basic Principles of Postpartum Cooking

    Feeling inspired by my recent launch of a postpartum cooking service for local mamas, I wanted to share a bit today about the underlying principles of postpartum cooking. There are some basic tenants across the world to help women ground and heal in this time, and food can be such a beautiful...

  26. #17 The Wise Woman Tradition and the Universal Mother Principles

    Welcome to the second season of the Wise Birth Radio! I wanted to talk a bit today about some of the philosophical underpinnings of our work and philosophy here at Catskills Birth Collective. Sara and I feel really resonant with the Wise Woman model of care, as outlined by Susun Weed. I feel that...

  27. #16 The Best Laid Plans - How My Postpartum Looked as a First Time Mom and Student of Postpartum Care

    We recorded this episode back in late summer of 2022, when I was around 8 months postpartum. It took me a loooong time to get to editing, but here it is! It was so yummy and juicy to listen through this again! I loved my postpartum time, and I love teaching women about how healing and blissful it...

  28. #15 Poetry Series - Rage

    I'm starting a mini series here in the podcast of poetry! For now I think it will be things I have written, but I might expand it to other people's writing as well. This is a poem I wrote to process/unravel an emotional process. Continually working with this rage has been a powerful meditation…

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  29. #14 The Vital Energies of Receiving in the Postpartum Time

    Reflecting today as I walk about the energies and practice of receiving, particularly in the postpartum. We have seen it come up again and again with women we have worked with 1:1 and classes or workshops we have taught on the postpartum time: women feel reluctant to ask for help. Creating a...

  30. #13 Olin’s Birth’s Lessons - One Year Later.

    Today is Olin's first birthday! In honor of the event, I talk today about a word that came up persistently throughout my pregnancy with him, and took on more subtle shades of deeper importance as I was integrating his birth story this past year: AUTONOMY I know this is a big word out there in the...

  31. #12 Reflections on a Year of Big Transitions

    Wrapping up this year before the solstice, it's a solo-cast today with just me, Maible. I share some reflections on this past year, my transition to motherhood thus far and other changes it has cataylsed in my life. (Spoiler alert: I'm not a vegetarian any more!) This is a pretty personal and...

  32. #11 Birth with a Student Midwife Brain (Part 2)

    This is part 2 of the story of the birth of my (Maible’s) son, Olin Wren Gillespie. Attended by Sara, a midwife, a photographer, my partner, and my mother, this birth was very straight forward, down to earth, and rather humorous. He was born at home on January 11, 2022 after a 12 hour labor. In...

  33. #10 Birth with a Student Midwife Brain (Part1)

    This is part 1 of the story of the birth of my (Maible’s) son, Olin Wren Gillespie. Attended by Sara, a midwife, a photographer, my partner, and my mother, this birth was very straight forward, down to earth, and rather humorous. He was born at home on January 11, 2022 after a 12 hour labor. In...

  34. #9 Birth Story of Cielo Silver

    Here's part three of Sara's birth stories! A straight forward, self directed pregnancy and birth with a surprise twist at the end! We talk about her relationship with the midwives she was working with, her preference and orientation towards free birth, and the lessons this adorable babe brought...

  35. #8 Birth of Enoah Azul

    Tune in today for the story of Sara and Z's second pregnancy and birth. Like the first, this is a unique story of birth with strong community support. This babe was born in the woods as Sara ha envisioned. We talk about what we assume about midwives, the challenges of being pregnant with a little...

  36. #7 Birth of a New (van) Hope

    We are talking today with our dear friends Stephanie and Jacob about the birth of their first baby, Forest van Hope. This is an extra special interview for us and there’s some really great gems of knowledge! Stephanie and Jacob are friends of ours who took both our birth education and our Innate...

  37. #6 Reflections from the Third Trimester

    We check in at 30 weeks of pregnancy! We love having the opportunity to talk through things with mics, it gives us the chance to go deeper into our own personal processes to bring out the gems of what is universal. We talk about how relationship balances need to shift in pregnancy, the joys of...

  38. #5 Supporting Baby‘s First Breath

    This week we are processing what we learned, and what we think is important for parents to know, about baby's first breath and neonatal resuscitation. While it may sound scary, we go into the physiological process baby's lungs go through immediately after birth, how that can be disrupted, and how...

  39. #4 Journey through Conscious Conception and Pregnancy

    We talk today with our dear friends Jerry and Ixchel about their journey so far into their first pregnancy. We discuss their beautiful process through conscious conception and their communication with their spirit baby, and how they have moved through all the lessons of this pregnancy so far.…

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  40. #3 Surprise! (First Days of Pregnancy)

    It's just Maible here today, recording all the thoughts and feelings of my moon being a few days late.... and being pregnant! I talk about pregnancy tests, my own story around conception (nothing graphic, don't worry), and what I've already learned from this unique time and this spirit. I…

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  41. #2 The Sacred Pause (In Birth and Elsewhere)

    In today's episode, Sara and Maible chat about leaving space immediately after birth for both mama and baby to take a breath and integrate. Why do we rush to clean the baby off, cover it up, and get everyone snuggled away? And what would it mean to completely respect the timing of the mama to…

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  42. #1 Community Birth of Myuna Joy

    We talk today about the pregnancy and birth of Sara's first child, the bold and inimitable Myuna. We cover the beautiful story of how Sara knew a soul was coming in, her journey through pregnancy, and a unique, community supported, and powerful birth. This is only the first of three birth stories...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to the Wise Birth Radio. We are women, students, and mamas who are studying and exploring healthy pregnancies, empowered birth, nurtured postpartum times and natural parenting from a holistic, intuitive, and grounded experience. We share our knowledge and experience and hope it inspires you to take charge of your childbearing year for yourself and you family. Find more about us, our work, and our courses and workshops at nurturedgrove.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HOSTED BY

Maible Coughlin

Produced by Nurtured Grove

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